Digital TV News: ONT

Rogers to bring Comcast and Xfinity products to Canada
Apr 24, 2024 – Rogers Communications has announced a 10-year agreement with Comcast to bring the latest Xfinity products and technology to its customers, including a new device powered by Entertainment OS.
News categories: Rogers, Comcast, Tony Staffieri, Dave Watson, Broadband, Canada, Digital TV, Gateway, Smart Home, TV OS

Quickplay optimizes storefront search and discovery with generative AI
Apr 10, 2024 – At NAB 2024, Quickplay is to unveil its Curator Assistant, a product that uses Generative AI to speed the creation of storefront rails, helping drive discovery into content libraries.
News categories: Quickplay, Google Cloud, Paul Pastor, Juan Martin, Anil Saboo, Big Data, Digital TV, NABShow, UX, Worldwide

Nokia and Vodafone trial L4S over end-to-end PON network
Apr 3, 2024 – Nokia and Vodafone are collaborating to test L4S technology over passive optical networks. L4S consistently achieves near-zero packet queuing delay, no matter how much load the network experiences.
News categories: Nokia, Vodafone, Azimeh Sefidcon, Gavin Young, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Fibre, UK, Worldwide

Pixalate releases Q4 2023 CTV SSP market share reports
Feb 28, 2024 – Pixalate has released Q4 2023 reports ranking SSPs based on their share of open programmatic ads sold on apps in the Apple TV, Roku, Samsung TV Smart Hub and Amazon Fire TV app stores.
News categories: Pixalate, Advertising, Digital TV, Europe, Latin America, Market Research, North America, Streaming

Wiztivi develops connected TV app for Equidia
Feb 29, 2024 – Wiztivi has worked with Equidia, a French thematic television channel specializing in horse racing, to unveil its latest bespoke video application tailored for connected TVs.
News categories: Wiztivi, Equidia, Adhish Kulkarni, Benjamin Labarthe-Piol, Apps, Digital TV, France, Streaming

datafuelX and MRI-Simmons bring demographic modeling to TV
Jan 25, 2024 – datafuelX has partnered with MRI-Simmons to provide device-level TV viewing data sets for targeted ad sales and campaign reporting. The service will be offered to ACR and STB providers in the US.
News categories: datafuelX, MRI-Simmons, Howard Shimmel, Brian Katz, Advertising, Big Data, Digital TV, Set Top Box, Smart TV, USA

Norigin Media launches white-label FAST app solution
Jan 22, 2024 – Norigin Media has announced a white-label solution for content owners who want to easily launch D2C linear or FAST channels on Smart TV platforms including Samsung Tizen, LG webOS and Android TV.
News categories: Norigin Media, Ajey Anand, Apps, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Streaming, Worldwide

Utomik to bring cloud gaming to VIDAA Smart TVs
Nov 22, 2023 – Utomik has agreed a partnership with VIDAA that will see Utomik being available as a cloud gaming solution in the VIDAA SmartTV OS app store, and Utomik becoming a premium partner in 2024.
News categories: Utomik, VIDAA, Doki Tops, Yaniv Gruenwald, Apps, Digital TV, Gaming, Smart TV, Worldwide

Irdeto integrates Anypoint Media ad server
Oct 24, 2023 – Irdeto has announced a partnership with Anypoint Media, integrating Anypoint's Flower Ad Server into its Server Side Ad Insertion (SSAI) product, and onto its Android TV Hybrid Box offering.
News categories: Irdeto, Anypoint Media, Andrew Bunten, Won Baek, Advertising, Android TV, Asia, Digital TV, Set Top Box, Worldwide